For the first time in France, former users of the mental health care system will be able to be recruited as “peer health mediators.” Various international programs, drawing on the...

Over the past decade, local mental health councils have been established in cities across France. To date, more than 100 cities have such councils, and about 20 are considering...

In Quebec, a coalition of advocacy groups has conducted a critical analysis of the mental health plan currently being implemented and has just repeated the process for the next plan...

The European program for mental health prevention and promotion brings together regions from four countries (France, Germany, Belgium, and Luxembourg). As part of this partnership, joint...

Numerous scientific studies show that children and adolescents who experience difficult life events may have impaired health or social adjustment in adulthood. The main adversities...

Nicolas Daumerie, a psychologist and project officer at the WHO Collaborating Center for Mental Health Research and Training, defines the concept of empowerment and presents the joint...

Giving patients a real opportunity to take charge of their own lives and live as well as possible with their illness is one of the goals of empowerment in mental health. Over the past...

The new procedures for accessing medical information—which have become more accessible since the 2002 Public Health Act—are bringing about significant changes in the caregiver-patient...

The National Study on Children’s Well-Being (Enabee), launched by Santé publique France in 2021, aims to assess the mental health of children ages 3–11 by giving them a voice—which is...

A new development in the French public health landscape, local mental health councils (CLSMs) are expanding rapidly; to date, more than 130 CLSMs are operational. They bring together all...